Now in his ninth season in the MotoGP World Championship's Moto2 category, Sam Lowes secured his first victory of the year with Marc VDS Racing at Jerez last month. Now he's got even bigger goals in mind.“Yeah, we really did well on a lot of levels at Jerez,” Lowes says....

French rookie Johann Zarco (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) has surprised the MotoGP aces in the opening rounds, leading in Qatar before a crash and following up with a hard-fought fifth place in Argentina, dueling it out with riders such as three-time world champion Dani Pedrosa. Zarco is therefore particularly looking...

Marc Marquez says that he gambled on his ultimately successful early switch to slick tires in MotoGP's German Grand Prix because of his Turn 8 off that dropped him down the order.The championship leader took a dominant victory at the Sachsenring after being the first of the major contenders to...

Pramac Ducati rider Danilo Petrucci will miss this weekend's MotoGP season opener in Qatar due to further complications with his injured hand.The Italian fell during the Phillip Island test four weeks ago, breaking three metacarpals in his right hand, and missed the subsequent pre-season running in Qatar. He returned to...

Pramac Ducati rider Danilo Petrucci has set his sights on competing in the MotoGP season opener in Qatar, following successful surgery on his broken hand.Petrucci was one of 11 riders to fall during the final day of last week's test at Phillip Island, but the only one to suffer a...

World champion Marc Marquez will ride in this weekend's MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix despite injuring his hand just days ago, his Honda team has confirmed.Currently fifth in the standings, Marquez fractured the little finger of his left hand in a dirt bike accident while training on Saturday. He underwent surgery...

Valentino Rossi insists there was no sense of disappointment about missing out on victory to Marc Marquez in MotoGP's Qatar season opener by just a quarter of a second.The two Factory riders traded the lead on several occasions during the race, climaxing on the penultimate lap when they swapped positions...

Marc Marquez has downplayed his chances of taking victory in this year's MotoGP season opener despite taking a surprise pole at Losail.The defending champion missed most of pre-season after breaking his leg in a dirt-bike accident last month, and came into the weekend therefore pledging a cautious, patient approach.While he...

Honda has confirmed that contact with Marc Marquez caused Dani Pedrosa's violent accident in the Aragon Grand Prix.Pedrosa appeared to crash alone just moments after Honda teammate Marquez had run wide in a bid to pass him for second. But it then emerged that light contact between the pair had...